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Yellow heat health alerts issued for East Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West and West Midlands

Alerts will be in place from 9am Sunday 2 August until Wednesday 5 August at 9am. For more information, please see the Weather health alerts page.

Heat-health alert for Yorkshire and The Humber

Last updated on Friday, 31 July 2026 at 10:00am

Type
Heat Health Alert
Alert
No alert

Risk Description

There is potential for minor impacts across health and social care services, including:

  • increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people
  • greater risk to life of vulnerable people
  • increased potential for indoor environments to become very warm
  • water‑related incidents may increase, including risks from cold‑water shock and drowning

but these are not expected.